Discovered by Max Wolf Alternative names 1892 H Observation arc 116.98 yr (42727 d) Discovered 25 September 1892 Discoverer Max Wolf Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 25 September 1892 Minor planet category Main belt Aphelion 3.0610 AU (457.92 Gm) Orbits Sun Named after Heinrich Eduard von Lade | |
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Discovery site Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory Similar 417 Suevia, 499 Venusia, 528 Rezia, 509 Iolanda, 484 Pittsburghia | ||
340 Eduarda is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on September 25, 1892 in Heidelberg. It was named after German banker and amateur astronomer Heinrich Eduard von Lade.
Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Oakley Observatory in Terre Haute, Indiana during 2006 gave a light curve with a period of 8.04 ± 0.02 hours and a brightness variation of 0.25 ± 0.03 in magnitude.
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